Introduction
In IntelliJ IDEA each file has its own status marked with a specific color. The file status denotes correspondence of the actual file content with the one marked as 'current'.
In the editor, each line in a file is checked whether it corresponds to the state at the 'current' point and marked with a specific color at the left gutter area.
You can customize the default colors:
- For files - in the File Status page of the Color Scheme settings.
- For the lines in the editor - in the VCS page of the Color Scheme settings.
File Status in views
| Color | File Status | Description |
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| Black | Up to date | File is unchanged.
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| Gray | Deleted | File is scheduled for deletion from the repository.
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| Blue | Modified | File has changed since the last synchronization.
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| Green | Added | File is scheduled for addition to the repository.
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| Violet | Merged | File is merged by your VCS as a result of an update.
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| Brown | Unversioned | File exists locally, but is not in the repository, and is not scheduled for adding.
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| Olive | Ignored | File will be ignored in any VCS operation.
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| Light brown | Hijacked | File is modified without checkout. This status is valid for the files under Perforce, ClearCase and VSS.
modified without checkout .
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| Red | Merged with conflicts | During the last update, file was merged with conflicts.
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| Lilac | Externally deleted | File is deleted locally, but was not scheduled for deletion, and still exists in the CVS
repository.
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| Dark cyan | Switched | The file is taken from a different branch than the whole project. This status is valid for CVS and
SVN.
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Line Status in the editor
| Color | File Status | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Modified | Denotes the lines modified since the last synchronization. |
| Added | Denotes the lines added since the last synchronization. |
| Deleted | Denotes the lines removed since the last synchronization. |